Why should Facebook be free from the patent wars that have rocked the tech world in recent months. Apple has sued multiple rivals, particularly Samsung. Kodak and Microsoft has made patent claims against smartphone companies. Microsoft has been successful enough to get several handset companies to pay it fees for the use of Google’s Android, because, Redmond says, it violates some of the IP rights.
Now, Facebook will get a chance to defend its technology, as companies seek part of its $5 billion to $10 billion IPO money. The Street reported that Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) may seek compensation from Facebook for some of its IP
And, now, according to Reuters
Last year, Facebook was named as a defendant in 22 lawsuits accusing it of patent infringement, double the number from 2010, according to a Reuters analysis of court documents on legal database Westlaw, a Thomson Reuters unit.
Among the lawsuits is one alleging Facebook violated a patent that covers the core ability to transmit messages to large networks of users. Facebook said in a court filing earlier this month that it will seek to dismiss that lawsuit.
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